Administration sets fuel efficiency rules for heavy-duty trucks and buses
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The Obama administration set the first-ever fuel efficiency rules for heavy-duty trucks and buses Tuesday, a move that will cut greenhouse gas emissions and fuel use by everything from long-haul tractor-trailers to school buses over the next several years.
The regulations require heavy-duty trucks and buses to improve their fuel efficiency 5 percent each year between 2013 and 2018 compared with the industry's 2010 baseline, which the administration estimates will save a total of $50 billion in fuel costs and 530 million barrels of oil during that period.
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